ܐܘܓܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Compare Mishnaic Hebrew אוֹג (ʾōḡ, “sumac”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʔaw.ɡɑ], [ˈʔo.ɣɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ˈʔaw.ɡe], [ˈʔo.ɣe] (plural)

Noun

ܐܘܓܐ • (ʾawgā, ʾōḡā) m (plural ܐܘܓܐ (ʾawgē, ʾōḡē))

1. sumac (tree and fruit)

   Synonym: ܣܘܡܩܐ (summāqā)

2. Misconstruction of ܚܘܟܐ (ḥawkā, “basil”)

Inflection

Inflection of ܐܘܓܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܐܘܓ		1st person	ܐܘܓܝ		ܐܘܓܢ
	construct	ܐܘܓ		2nd person	ܐܘܓܟ	ܐܘܓܟܝ	ܐܘܓܟܘܢ	ܐܘܓܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܘܓܐ		3rd person	ܐܘܓܗ	ܐܘܓܗ	ܐܘܓܗܘܢ	ܐܘܓܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܘܓܝܢ		1st person	ܐܘܓܝ		ܐܘܓܝܢ
	construct	ܐܘܓܝ		2nd person	ܐܘܓܝܟ	ܐܘܓܝܟܝ	ܐܘܓܝܟܘܢ	ܐܘܓܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܘܓܐ		3rd person	ܐܘܓܘܗܝ	ܐܘܓܝܗ	ܐܘܓܝܗܘܢ	ܐܘܓܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ˀwg”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2017-10-29
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 78 seqq.
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 5a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 13a